A long and shining tour

Seemingly taking its cue from its hit song's title, "A Long December," the Counting Crows' most recent tour, Recovering the Satellites, lasted well over a year. LD Mike Duncan spent 14 months on the road with the band, creating different designs as dictated by the size of each leg's venue. "There were certainly a lot of changes and a lot of interesting opportunities along the way," Duncan says. "I've really learned a lot."Duncan's steepes t learning curve took place on the summer leg, when Co